PART 11.The first step in developing a thesis statement is to identify a topic or subject. Literary analysis essays can be written about any number of elements, or aspects, in a literary work—its characters, its settings, its events, its language, its images, its themes, or its symbols. The subject of your literary analysis essay should be something that is prominent in the novel, not something that is minor or of little importance.Example: A literary analysis essay on The Great Gatsby might focus on the message that F. Scott Fitzgerald conveys about the adverse effects of wealth on the novel's characters. What topic or subject in The Catcher in the Rye would you like to write about in your literary analysis? Explain why you think that this topic is appropriate for a literary analysis essay.Answer:(10 points)Score2.Next consider the purpose of your essay. The purpose is what you intend to show or prove about the subject you have chosen. An essay about one of the symbols in a novel might be written to identify and explain that symbol's meaning. An essay about a character in a novel might be written to explain how he or she changes and grows over the course of a work. Example: The purpose of an essay about the adverse effects of wealth on the characters in The Great Gatsby might be to show that wealth is not a source of happiness or contentment for people, but actually harms those who pursue and obtain it. What do you plan to show or prove about your subject? Answer:(15 points)Score3.Now consider the role that textual evidence will play in your essay. Textual evidence includes details, quotations, and descriptions from the novel. A writer will incorporate or cite textual evidence to support the assertion he or she makes about the essay's subject in the thesis statement. Example: If one were writing an essay about the adverse effects of wealth on the characters in The Great Gatsby, one might cite details, quotations, and descriptions about the unhappy marriage of Tom and Daisy Buchanan, the failure of Gatsby to win Daisy over, and the death of Gatsby to support one's assertion. Describe at least three specific pieces of textual evidence from The Catcher in the Rye that you will use to support the assertion you will make about your subject. If you cannot find several pieces of textual evidence that can be used to support your assertion, consider changing your subject or the assertion you plan to make.Answer:(15 points)Score4.Finally, you are ready to compose a thesis statement for your literary essay. Your thesis statement should focus on a specific subject, make a claim or an assertion about that subject, and briefly state a conclusion that you have drawn about the subject based on textual evidence that you plan to include. Example: A suitable thesis statement for a literary essay on The Great Gatsby might read as follows: "Through his depictions of the failures and the death of Jay Gatsby and the discontent felt by the Buchanans in The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald shows readers that wealth is no substitute for true happiness but is instead a corrupting influence in the lives of these characters." Look at your answers to the first three questions above and then combine them into a single thesis statement.Answer:PART 2 After you have developed a working thesis statement for your honors project essay, go to your local library and locate relevant works of literary criticism that support your thesis statement. Provide the bibliographic information and a brief summary of at least two pieces of literary criticism that you find in the spaces provided below. For each work, also include ideas and quotations that could be used to support your thesis statement.Your Thesis:(25 points)Score1.Source 1Bibliographic information:Summary of the criticism:Ideas and quotations that support your thesis:(25 points)Score2.Source 2Bibliographic information:Summary of the criticism:Ideas and quotations that support your thesis:PART 3 Write essay I will tip an extra 10 if done earlier with great quality

The audience for this paper should be an imaginary classmate, a student your age, who has read the crucible through once but has not yet studied it to understand it on a deeper level.Your paper will be analytical in purpose. This means that your ultimate goal is to choose significant moments, quotes, or techniques from the play, present them, and explain how they work together to create larger meaning. Your paper will analyze three related conflicts from The Crucible by Arthur Miller.Your three conflicts must be related. (Do not just choose the first three conflicts you can think of.) For example, you could write about three conflicts within one character, such as Proctor's conflict with the court or "justice" in general, Proctor's interpersonal conflict with Abigail, and Proctor's internal conflict of guilt. Or, you could write about three characters (perhaps Mary, Elizabeth, and Proctor) who conflict with the court. You will explore one conflict per body paragraph. Each paragraph will:Summarize: Explain the conflict.Discuss the scope: Is the conflict between two people? A person and an idea? Or between the person and their conscience?Interpret: What does this conflict mean? What is Miller using this conflict to say or show about life, truth, humanity, paranoia, or another theme?Relate: How do these conflicts relate to and build on the others?Support: Use at least two quotes from the play.Your conclusion will tie all of these conflicts together. Your body paragraphs should build into an insight, or an overall message or theme that Miller conveys through The Crucible. Your conclusion will vary depending on what conflicts you choose. Do all the conflicts relate to one theme, like "justice" or "paranoia"? Or do they show how a character changes over the course of the story? A summary of your paper will not be sufficient for your conclusion ­ you must discuss what the conflicts mean.This essay should be between three and five pages (750-­1250 words) in length. Your final draft should be saved and submitted as .doc or .pdf file. It should be in 12­-point font in Times New Roman.